as in mourns
to feel or express sorrow for
he invariably spends more time bewailing his predicament than trying to fix it
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Verb
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No one mourns the wicked, indeed.—
Erin Neil,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026 -
The fashion world mourns another great name.—
Francesco Martino,
Glamour,
19 Jan. 2026
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In the same newsletter championing bovine contact, Means laments a spiritual crisis of connection to nature.—
Rina Raphael,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are once again giving couple goals as the former continues to enjoy the success of her album The Life of a Showgirl—which dropped in October—and the latter laments the end of his NFL season with the Kansas City Chiefs.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
13 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, Jim regrets agreeing to a snowball fight with Dwight.—
Aurelie Corinthios,
PEOPLE,
19 Dec. 2025
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Looking back, Ruano regrets not seeing the withholding case through.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
3 Dec. 2025
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“Bewails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewails. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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